Printing device.



J. S. DUNCAN.

PRINTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1911. I

Lmgyar y .PanendJazaJlz UNrrEp srn'rns PATENT oFFi'CE.

' 0F CHICAGO,ILLINOIS,

` Josnrn s. DUNCAN, or CHICAGO, ILLINors, 'AssIGNon To ADDREssoGnarHCOMPANY,

' AConPonAfrIoN or 1LL1No1s.'- y

PRINTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chi- Cook and' State of newand usecago, in the county of Illinois, have invented certain which thefollowing is a speciiication.

This invention relates in general to that class of printing devices inwhich the printing characters are stamped in relief ony one side ofthemetal plate,'the other side of the plate showing the printing,characters in Vint-aglio.

IOne of the objects of this invention is the provision of a printingdevice of this char: acter which is adapted to be arranged in accordancewith a card-index system with the intaglio side at structed to hold a.reference card which I'nay be read fromtheintaglio side of the plate andwhich may be slipped into positionfrom the relief side of the plate.

,Another object is the provision of a plate having a printing paneldepressed below' the the surrounding p rtions of the plate,

. surrounding portions'at two sides of the lief, this being the latebeing of lesslheight than the remaining portions .and "the outer facesfof' the higher portions being inclined tofperrnit the plate to bepressed against thecard or envelop to be printed without'breaking or injuring the surface of the card o-r envelop.

The invention will` be best 'understmid layn reference to the fo'lowingdescription when taken inconnection4 with the accompanying drawingsillustrating one preferred'embodiment thereof.

Referring to my invention and showing on which thetype characters appearin refront-,or printing siiieof the device. Fig. 2 is a plan viewshowing the opposite side of the device on which the type charactersappear lin intaglio and, ordinarily considered the bachv of the device.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig.l is a transverse sectional view takenI on the line Ll-#4 of Fig. 1:lvand Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary i tabs of various kinds and I haveshown it 'longit ldinal sectional views on the lines 5-5 and (il-6 ofFig.4 1.

The device is preferably stamped from a single sheet of met-al'andcomprises a centrally disposed panel 10 which may be of the front and isconf plat-e velop thef drawings-Figure 1 is a plan view of a printingdevice embodying that side thereof Patentedgan 23,1912. j limitationinea July 17,1911. serial No. 638,800.

any desired dimensions, but is preferably made large enoughtoaccommodate'anaddress' of several lines.

The device is originally com osed of a sheet-metal blank 'or plate andte panelis formedby depressing vthe 'same so that itsl original frontyface of the platerand the rear face of the panel is projectedrelativelyto the original rearfaCe-of the plate. `r,The

` ,printing face is depressed relativelyto the type characters arestamped 'inthe panel so that they appear in vrelief on the depressedface. The portions'of the yplate 'surrounding the panel are elevatedrelatively to the printing". face thereof', the 'top andl bottoniportions 11 and'f12," respectively, being ele' vated above theprintingj'face of the panel a greater distance'tlian'vthe end portions-13 and 14:. :It will be manifest that when the plates are stacked ornested, some protection must be afforded to the printing characterswhichT are formed in relief on'the l'printing panel andthe topj andbottom portionsll and 12 areaccordingly projected above the faceof'thepanel a' suficientdisprinting the printing characters; It hasbe'enfound,

'liowever,'.that it' is 'unnecessary-that the end portions ofthe 'plate'adjacent the panel yprojectjas` far as the ttop'- and bottom' portionsand, en the contrary,

not desirableffo' I.the reason 'thatwhen the is forced or pressedagainst' an -enorcard to 4be printed', the card, par?. ticularly if itisf'of relatively 'thick material, is-apt to of the e'nd andllon'git-udinal,elevated por-` tions 'of the plate." portions are madelower than the: top and4 bottom portions to' permit the card .to beCurved or depressed longitudinally .between the top and bottom portionsand against-fthe Jrint-in@r characters without'beinf. )ernia- `nentlybent or broken. To furtherffacilitate the temporary `vcurving. :ofthecard,.th'e prof jecting surfacesof the top and botton'i'portions 11 and12'arepreferably inclined inf `wardly toward they printing face of thepanel. i

The device maybe provided with index constructed'to receive thev tabs 15and 1G -of which the former may be' used for alphabeticalclassicationand the latter forgeographical classification, if` dcsiredgj 'These i1()'such a 'constructionis be bent or Vbroken at the junction For thisreason the end tabs are each Yprov-idedwith stems 17 j and 18 l whichare adapted? to engage openings 19 and 2O at the top and bottom of theelevated portion 11.. I prefer to remove the netal entirely, forming theopenings19, but in `forming the openings 20 the metal is arranged toform lips 21011 the back of the device for the purpose hereinafterdescribed. The openings 19 and 2O are arranged' in pairs, one above theother, and as many pairs l may be `provided extending lengthwise ofribsor beads 22 which serve the dual pur-Y pose ofstrengthening t-hedevice transversely and of assistingin spacing the devices apart whenthey are nested. r.The projecting portion 11 is closed at one end andopen at the other, as indicatedfat 23 to permit of the .insertion of acard 24 beneaththe -r flange 25 and the lips 21. The cardgmay bearthename appearing on the address and theldate of expiration ofthe partyssubscription or any other desired informationor data and, while insertedfrom the print ing side of the device, is adapted to be read' from theopposite side thereof, as will be evident from Fig. 2. The outer edge ofthe projection 12 is turned back upon itself as indicatedat 26 (Fig- 4),forming a flange spaced from the inclined bottom ,portion of theprojection.

It will be evident from the foregoing that the printing panel itself, isdepressed rela-A tively to the surrounding portions of the plate andthat the printing face thereof is depressed below the endA portions ofthe plates 13. and l14, while the front faces of said portions are, inturn, depressed relativelyto'rthe projecting portions 11 and 12.

This construction enables a stiff card, such the `printing characterscarried upon :the`A as a postal card, to beiffi'rmly pressed againstprinting panel', 'the lower ends .13y andwlll permitting the card; tov'eiirve or bend -l'ongi tud inally v between'y the higher'v projeotingA por tionsVM 11' and. 12 without lliability or '1 danger ofpermanentlyV distortingonfbieakingthe cards f ilhe dat-afbeairings. mayIbe `readil1y= replacedratflcomparatiafelry'i small rexpense "when.thesubscriptionfisnenewedand this the expense ofiren'ewing 'the enf;tire devricelavhiichwould bez necessary if the.- date of. 'expiration:were stamped; direct' 'uponf the device itself. The tabs 15 and lare icapabiefofneremovai and replacement when desiredhand'fmaji yalsobesliif-ted' longitud'i nelly" dii1 the deviceintoi .-anyfpositioniere-l quifredhbyi (-'thieflocaticn fof thel'device1 .in "thel-1;: ofa`the panel .constituting a depressed pressed in-f one face oftheplate'and pro- It is believed that the construction and niany advantagesof this invention will be apparent without further description and itwill pibe obvious that various mechanical changes in the size, shape.and proportion of the various parts may be resorted toI withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe material advantagesof the invention.

I claim:

1. A sheet metalv printing plate having a panel'stainped' therein, saidpanel being depressed in one face of theplate and projected-'at theopposite face of the plate, and printing characters on, the, depressedface of the vlpanel portions of the plate on the 4printing side thereofand adjacent to said depressed panel varying'in height', substantiallyas described.

2; A `sheet metal printing plate having y a ypanel stamped therein, saidpanel being `depressed inone face of the plat-e andprojected at theopposite face ofthe plate, por4 tions of the plate adjacent, to saiddepressed '.panel' 4varying inr` height, and printing face of the panelmore than portions of the plate extending transversely of the panel,

and printing characters on the depressed face of the panel projectingtherefrom a distance not exceeding the projection of said longitudinalportionbeyond they depressed face of the panel, substantially asdescribed. Y V

4. 'A sheet metal printing plate having a substantially rectangularpanelV stampede therein, said panel being depressed in one face of theplate and vprojected at .the Voppoplate more. than the plate portionslying between the 'other edges of the panel' and .the other `edges ofthe plate, and printing characters on the depressed face of the panelprojecting therefrom a `distance not exceedging the projection of thefirst/mentionedA platee portions, substantially as described.

5. :A sheet "metal printing plate having a panelf stamped therein, saidpanel being dejected= at the opposite face ofthe plate,

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site face of the plate, portionsl of the plate. l l 'at opposite edgesof the panel between the 4 :latterand the respective edges of the plateprojecting beyond the depressed face of the 'and printing characters onthe depressed face of the plate, a portion of the vplatewhich'vfprojects beyond the depressed face card-receiving part ontheopposite side of the plate, one endet said card-receiving part' having,'an opening for the insertion and removaliof a card, substantiallyas'def scribed.

6. A sheet' metal printing plate having printing characters nponl oneface, and a card-receiving seat at the other face of the plate, saidseat being projected at the printing face of the plate'and depressed inthe opposite face of the plate, one end of the seat having an openingformed therein at the .printing face of the plate' for the insertion.and removal 'of a card, the seatbeing open at that face of the platewhich i's opposite the printing face for the in spection of a card inthe seat, substantially is described.

i 7. A sheet metal lprinting plate havingv a 'panelfstarnped therein,said panel be1ng depressed in one lface of the plate'and pro- -jected atthe opposite face of thevplate, and

printing characters on the depressed :tace

of the panel, a portion of the plate between the panel and one' edge ofthe plateubeing inclined inwardly toward the depressed face of thepanel, substantially as described.

Copies of this ,patent may be obtained for ve cents each,- by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' 8. A sheet metal printing plate having a panel stamped therein, saidpanel being depressed in one face of the plate and projected at theopposite face, of the plate, and printing characters onr the depressedface of the plate, portions opposite sides of the panel upon theprintingface of the plate being inclined inwardly toward the depressed face ofthe panel, substantially as described.

9. A sheet metal printing plate having a panel stamped therein,saidpanel being depressed in one face of" the plate and projected at theopposite Vface of the plate, printing characters onA the depressed faceof thepanel, portions of. the plate at opposite edges of the panel beinginclined 1n- Wardly toward the depressed face 0i the panel andprojecting beyond the depressed face of the' panel more than the plateportions at the other opposite edges of. the

panel, sbstantially as described.

Witnesses:

XVM. O. BELT, M. A. KIDDm. p

' Washington, D. C.

of the 'plate at' JOSEPH s. DUNCAN.

